Third Person's POV
Akira sat up from her bed and stretches. She looks around with a sigh. Scrolls and books are all scattered on their floor. It's been a week since she last saw their Sensei, which means they also didn't get any missions. She was so tired last night that she didn't have the energy to clean their apartment. She sighs again and stands up, then she fixes her bed and goes to the bathroom not bothering to look at the other bed as she can still hear snoring.
She washed her face and looked in the mirror. She squints her eyes looking at herself. It's been one week and three days since the encounter with Hanare. She wanted to bang her head on the sink, there was something weird that happened in those three days, she knows but she can't pinpoint what is it, it really frustrates her.
Their Sensei was also acting weird before he left and said that they will not get any mission for a week and that's it, that's the last time they saw him.
She tilts her head wondering what's happening in Konoha. It becomes busier and busier in the village. Sometimes she heard the villagers talking about something.
"Just what is happening?" She said to herself.
Naruto looks around their apartment, as he stretches. He looks at the other bed and sees no one's there, but he can hear the running water from the bathroom. He yawns and stands up walking to their table, dragging his feet as he is still very sleepy. He shakes the milk on the table and frowns knowing that it's empty. He just slumps on the chair and put his head on the table with a sigh.
After a few minutes, the door of their bathroom opens revealing Akira in her complete attire. Akira looks at the other bed seeing no one, sound of plates makes her turn to look at the sink.
"Good Morning, Akira-ttebayo" Naruto said washing the dishes.
"That's new?" Akira said with raised eyebrows. She looks around seeing the apartment completely clean.
Naruto frowned hearing Akira's voice with a hint of joking. What? he is just cleaning their apartment, which he needed to do... that he actually never did... He tilts his head thinking about it. Ahh, right, this is so new ... He thought as he wipes his hands on his shorts and looked at Akira who was looking at him with disbelief.
"Don't look at me like that-dattebayo" Naruto said grabbing clothes from his drawer.
"You're really Naruto, right?" Akira said jokingly. Naruto looks at her pointedly which made her chuckle.
"I just have the energy to do it-dattebayo!" Naruto said walking towards the bathroom. He was about to shove Akira when Akira put her hand on his still-messy hair.
"Ahh, You're maturing are you..." Akira said ruffling Naruto's hair.
"I-I am matured-dattebayo!" Naruto said shoving Akira's hand, as a blush appeared on his cheeks by the sudden affection he can see in Akira's eyes. That's how he always imagine a caring Sister would look like if he had one. He quickly walks to the bathroom and locks it, having a frown on his face.
Akira looked at the door amused, she can't help but laugh at Naruto's behavior. She looks around again and walks to their table to start eating breakfast, as she waits for Naruto to finish.
-skip-
Naruto locks their door the key chain gets his attention. Akira and Naruto started to walk to meet their team. This is the day they will meet their Sensei again, which made him frown at the lack of action in the past days.
"Didn't Sensei give you this key chain?" Naruto said looking at the key chain.
"nhn, I actually don't know why..." Akira said, not bothering to look at Naruto as she continue to read her book.
Naruto tilts his head to the side as he put their key in his pocket. He frowns remembering what Sakura said to him. No, they weren't cute at all, he thought shaking his head slightly.
Akira turns to look at Naruto her brows knit. Why is he shaking his head? Naruto suddenly chuckles.
"Come on, share it with me" Akira said nudging Naruto a little. Naruto jumps and looks at Akira startled. He was actually thinking about what Sakura told him and tries to consider it.
"ah! they're cute!" Naruto blurted out, he quickly covered his mouth.
"Who?" Akira said tilting her head a little. Who is he thinking about? They? Cute, who?
"N-Nothing" Naruto said scratching his head a little.
"But-" Akira said, but Naruto pulled her as they started to run.
"Come on, we're going to be late-dattebayo" Naruto said dragging Akira with him. Sakura might be right... but, no, just no. He frowned but continue to run holding Akira's hand.
-skip-
"Good Morning, Sakura-chan" Naruto said as they stop from running. Akira's brow twitches as she catches her breath. They didn't need to run, their Sensei was always late, anyway.
Akira just sits and opens her book again. She just gonna read, she bet their Sensei would be late again.
-skip-
Akira slump to the ground as she looks at the sky. It's been two goddamn hours and their Sensei was still not there.
"That old man..." Akira said, looking at the cover of the books she was reading which she just finished, five minutes ago.
What took him so long in every team meeting they have? Is he trying to test their patience?
Akira sighed as she closed her eyes. She opened her eyes as a shadow blocked the sun's rays from hitting her face. Akira sigh. Wow, after two hours their Sensei is finally here.
"Well, good morning, everyone... Today I got lost" Kakashi said waving her hand at his students not bothered by the angry look Naruto and Sakura giving him.
He looks at Akira who is just on the ground looking at him, with raised eyebrows. He gave her an eye smile, which she returned with a poker face. He is actually looking forward to this day, he kinda misses his students. Especially... He clears his throat and looks at his students.
Akira stands up and pats her clothes to remove the dirt. She puts her book in her pouch and turns to face their Sensei.
"Hey. hey... Kakashi-sensei! Our Team Seven always has the easy mission lately! Aren't there more exciting missions where I can be more active, where I can use my Ninja Way and my soul-dattebayo?"Naruto said enthusiastically to their Sensei.
Kakashi backed away a little from the hyperactive Ninja. "Oh yes yes... I basically understand what you're trying to say." He said he can literally see the fire in Naruto's eyes.
Naruto suddenly looked at Sasuke, his demeanor changing.
Akira simply observes Naruto, who has become used to his odd behavior.
Sakura and Sasuke looked at Naruto with a frown. What is he trying to start?
Akira sighed and walked towards Naruto.
"Baka... Don't start it" Akira said hitting him on the head slightly. Naruto looked at her with a frown.
"I'm not doing anything-dattebayo" Naruto said his shoulders dropping
"Yeah, right, you're not" Akira said brow twitching. How come, he is not doing anything... that's always what he looks like when he's about to do something or start to argue with Sasuke.
Kakashi looks at the team, amused. "Okay, you guys, we're going on our mission" He said getting all their attention. Naruto was dragged by Akira when he just looks at the ground not attempting to move.
Akira sigh. It's always like this, these two just didn't get along, at all.
Kakashi looked at Akira who look so done with her teammates. He wanted to ruffle her hair, but he stops himself knowing Akira would just shove it away. Well, he didn't hold any grudge when Akira do that, he just wanted to stop himself from getting so used to the feeling, especially the weird feeling that it brought him. He sighed and continue to walk beside his team.
-skip-
They were all just doing their mission which is removing weeds. Kakashi was reading his book, as usual, letting his students do the mission. He would always feel Akira staring at him, her brow knitting, he just gave her an eye smile and continue to read his book.
Akira sighed as she pulls out the weeds. Why is their Sensei just reading his book? He is supposed to be helping them. She glances again at their Sensei but their Sensei was already looking at her, She just rolled her eyes when their Sensei gave her an eye smile.
The lady who owns the garden walks out of the house and looks around. Her eyes widen seeing all her herbs were all plucked. She walks towards the yellow-haired kid.
"I've got rid of all the weeds!" Naruto said excitedly but his smile drops, as he looked at the lady confused.
"Those... those aren't weeds. Those are herbs I grew in my garden!" The lady said trying to calm herself but it was no use.
The team all looked at Naruto who got beaten by the lady with a sigh. Akira's brow twitches. She should have kept an eye on Naruto. Instead of... She sighs as she takes a quick glance at their Sensei.
-skip-
They were now on the river picking up trash. Akira sighed again for the million times for the day. She looks at their Sensei brow twitching. She started to walk very quietly towards their Sensei, hiding her presence, even her teammates weren't aware of it.
Once she was behind her Sensei, she leans forward a little, looking at the book her Sensei is reading. She mostly didn't understand what is written on it.
"They kissed passionately..." She whispered the only thing she understand in the book. Well, it's not like she didn't really understand the words, she knows the meaning of each word, but she can't imagine or comprehend the meaning of each sentence. It's like the words were just bouncing in her head.
Kakashi's heart skips hearing that voice in his left ear. He looked at the person beside him, seeing Akira reading the content of the book, squinting her eyes a little, the confusion clear in her eyes. He closed his book, but his body can't seem to move from his position. He wanted the ground to just swallow him.
Akira turns her head to look at their Sensei and raised an eyebrow. Their face was a few inches away from each other.
Kakashi just look at the purple eyes staring at him, he just stare, something in the back of his mind was trying to tell him something, something he didn't understand.
Akira almost falls to the ground startled by the sudden closeness, but a hand holds her from falling.
"W-what are you doing here?" Kakashi said as he let go of Akira's hand. A blush creeps out of his cheeks, he is really glad by the mask he is wearing.
"What are you talking about, you know you should do the mission too, why are you just reading that book?" Akira said crossing her arms.
"Well it's just easy I know you four can handle it" Kakashi said hiding the book from Akira's sight.
Akira was about to say something when they heard a shout. They both look at Naruto who is asking for help.
"I swear, I will burn that book if I ever get a hold of it, Sensei" Akira said running towards Naruto, leaving Kakashi, a blush still on his cheeks.
How come he didn't sense Akira? He was too focused on the book, it's also getting on the exciting part. He sighs looking at the book covering, his face heats up again remembering Akira whispering that part.
-skip-
"Tch" Akira said looking at their Sensei, even though their Sensei wasn't reading the book.
"What? I'm not reading it you know" Kakashi said giving Akira an apologetic smile.
Akira just crossed her arms and looks at Naruto whose being helped by Sakura and Sasuke. They come to a halt when Naruto tried to attack Sasuke for what he said, but Sakura quickly stops him and looks angrily at Naruto.
"If you act up any more, I'll finish you!" Sakura said.
Kakashi sighed "Mmm... teamwork hasn't been good lately"
Akira sneaks behind their Sensei and carefully opens his pouch but she stops sensing the suddenly tense atmosphere.
Kakashi looked up at the hand on his pouch, he was about to remove the hand but Akira removed it and walks beside Sakura, her attention was on the two boys on the team. He can see the uneasiness in Akira's eyes. He looked up at the hawk. So the time has finally come, huh. He looked at his students with a sigh. "Well then... Perhaps we should disperse. I do need to submit a report about this mission" He said
Akira looked at the hawk then she averts her eyes to their Sensei. What are they going to talk about? She can see other hawks flying around. What's going on?
Kakashi takes a glance at Akira who is looking at him with curiosity. He gave them all an eye smile before he disappeared.
"Okay, then I'm going home." Sasuke said turning his back to them, the atmosphere lightens.
"Sasuke-kun, wait for me! Let's have a date!" Sakura said running after Sasuke.
Sasuke ignored her making her shoulder drop.
"Let's just go home" Akira said pulling Naruto by the arm as he attempt to follow Sakura.
"Why don't you treat me-dattebayo!" Naruto said a smile on his face.
"nhn" Akira nodded, she feels uneasy, especially the way Sasuke looks at Naruto earlier.
They both stop when a box with a designed of rock stops in front of them. Akira and Naruto's brows twitches, having a clue of who is it. Really does he think that they will not see him?
"There's no such a thing as a perfectly square rock with perfect holes! It's totally obvious!" Naruto said pointing at the rock. It pops a lot of smoke coming out of it.
"Leader! You said you'd play Ninja with us today!" Konohamaru quickly said once the smoke cleared out
"But I don't have time, I'm going to train-dattebayo!" Naruto said pointing a finger at himself. The three looked at Akira excitedly.
"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?" She said as their eyes twinkled.
"Leader nee-chan, come play Ninja with us!" Konohamaru said, a blush on his cheeks. Akira's eyebrow twitches at that.
"I'm also-" Akira said but slow footsteps can be heard coming towards them, making her stop.
"Hmph! Why would a Ninja play Ninja?" Sakura said
Naruto blushes when Sakura stares at him. Akira shakes her head. She can literally see the annoyance radiating from Sakura.
"Is she your?..." Konohamaru said making them all look at him, confused. Then he raises his pinky finger with a teasing smile. Naruto blushes at that, while Sakura radiates more annoyance.
"Shucks, you guys are pretty sharp for kids!" Naruto said with a blush. Sakura then punches him making him fly. Akira steps aside not wanting to be involved, she sighs and just leans her back on the fence just watching Sakura chase Konohamaru when he calls her ugly, seeing their leader get punched by her.
Akira got alert when Konohamaru bumped into someone. She looks at their headband with confusion. Sunagakure Shinobi...What are they doing here? She steps beside Naruto.
"That hurt, little punk!" The guy with paint on his face said, lifting Konohamaru.
Akira observed the foreign Shinobis, judging by their height and look, they were older than them. She looks around. There is still someone with them, she can sense that weird chakra. She looks back at the two Sand Shinobi again.
"Hey stop! Let go of that hand-dattebayo" Naruto said with a tick mark.
The Shinobi looks at them and smirk. Huh! So these are Leaf Village's Genin...
"Let's play with them before the strict one comes around" The guy with paint on his face said.
Akira's brows knitted when the guy raises his fist. She quickly moved in between Konohamaru and the Shinobi, attempting to kick the guy on his chin.
The Foreign Shinobi leap away from them... That's fast... They both thought looking at the purple-eyed genin.
Akira catches Konohamaru, her brow twitched seeing the twinkle in his eyes. God, she will be in trouble by this..., she thought as she put Konohamaru down
The guy smirked... "I thought Konoha Shinobi are all weak, but you may have proven me wrong..." He said walking towards the purple-eyed ninja.
Akira didn't move an inch from her position. "You are in our village, don't you think you shouldn't act like this?" Akira said with a raised eyebrow.
The guy holds her by her jacket, trying to intimidate her.
"Kankuro, we shouldn't fight them" The woman said walking beside him.
"So, your name's Kankuro huh... Kankuro-san I don't think you know how to act when you're in other's territory" Akira said with a smug look.
The guy looks at her and holds her jacket tighter. He is getting annoyed.
"You jerk!" Naruto said. He runs toward them. He needed to help Akira... Who is this Shinobi? He can't just let this Shinobi mock them.
Akira squints her eyes and looks at the guy again in front of her when Naruto falls to the ground. What is that?, she thought looking at his hand.
"Leaf Village's Genin are weaker than I thought" Kankuro said with a smirk. Naruto looks at him annoyed and confused. What in the hell happened, he didn't see anything.
"Now, why don't we-" Kankuro said looking at the purple-eye kid again. A stone hit his hand making him stop and let go of the genin's jacket.
Akira sighs and looks at the tree. Now, they were really in trouble...
"What do you think you're doing in someone else's Village, you..." Sasuke said, playing with the stone in his hand.
Sakura stops strangling Naruto from talking and looks at Sasuke amazed.
"Tch! Another little punk to tick me off!" Kankuro said holding his hand.
"Get lost" Sasuke said crashing the small stone in his hand.
Akira sighed again. "You guys, don't you think we should stop now, we were all get in trouble" Akira said getting their attention. She isn't looking for any troublesome things right now.
"You're both kind of smart-aleck little punk that I despise the most." Kankuro said looking at the newcomer and the purple-eyed kid. He smirks and puts his Karasu (Crow) down.
"Wait! You aren't thinking of using Karasu, are you?!" The girl said with concern.
Akira tensed with the sudden chakra as she looked at the person on the tree.
"Kankuro, stop that. You are an embarrassment to our village" The red-head boy said. Kankuro stops immediately and tensed instantly.
"G-Gaara..." Kankuro said a hint of fear in his voice.
Sasuke looks at the person. When did he get next to him? It's stealthy footsteps on the level of Kakashi... He only knows one genin that could be stealthy as Kakashi... Sasuke thought, looking at Akira. He admitted it to himself, Akira is really different from him. He doesn't feel anything about it... he's glad that she can protect herself.